/tags/wayne-national-forest Wayne National Forest en-US Copyright Tue, 19 Sep 2023 16:17:37 GMT /2023-09-19/a-shawnee-chiefs-take-on-renaming-the-wayne-national-forest The U.S. Forest Service is proposing renaming Ohio’s only national forest at the request of nearly a dozen Native nations, including the Shawnee Tribe. Tue, 19 Sep 2023 16:17:37 GMT /2023-09-19/a-shawnee-chiefs-take-on-renaming-the-wayne-national-forest Erin Gottsacker /news/2023-09-05/name-change-considered-for-ohios-wayne-national-forest The possible renaming of the forest comes on the heels of two national orders to address derogatory or offensive geographic names. Tue, 05 Sep 2023 09:00:00 GMT /news/2023-09-05/name-change-considered-for-ohios-wayne-national-forest Allie Vugrincic /news/2018-01-03/trump-administration-abandons-tighter-regulations-for-fracking-on-public-land The Trump administration decided quietly over the holidays to abandon proposed federal regulations governing fracking on public lands. For Ohio… Wed, 03 Jan 2018 12:59:21 GMT /news/2018-01-03/trump-administration-abandons-tighter-regulations-for-fracking-on-public-land M.L. Schultze /news/2017-04-05/investigation-continues-into-wayne-national-forest-earthquake-near-fracking-sites Oil and gas drilling operations in southeastern Ohio were shut down on Sunday after a 3.0 magnitude earthquake hit the Wayne National Forest, according to… Wed, 05 Apr 2017 14:38:42 GMT /news/2017-04-05/investigation-continues-into-wayne-national-forest-earthquake-near-fracking-sites Gabe Rosenberg /news/2016-12-14/wayne-national-forest-sections-made-available-for-lease Despite strong opposition, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has made roughly 719 acres of Ohio's only national forest available for lease by oil-and-gas… Wed, 14 Dec 2016 14:47:53 GMT /news/2016-12-14/wayne-national-forest-sections-made-available-for-lease The Associated Press Ohio